Brave World, I report to the police station in red at the beginning

After all, it wasn't just her parents who disliked her, but everyone in this town.

A father who is self-centered, spends all the money he earns on his own enjoyment, squanders it for no reason, and speaks ill of and beats his family members.

A mother who couldn't stand such a father, had an affair, found a lover early, abandoned her daughter, and left home.

Born into such a family.

Even if someone calls me "the daughter of a bitch", there's nothing I can do about it...

She thought so and tried to avoid the gazes of those who saw her.

My eyes were a little wet, but this had happened so many times that I couldn't cry anymore.

Obviously, in the beginning...it wasn't like this.

The girl's parents got married for love, and despite opposition from relatives on both sides, they resolutely decided to get married and rented a cheap house to live in.

Girls are blessed when they are born.

but……

Problems that were not discovered during the relationship gradually emerged after getting married.

Everything fell into the abyss after her mother's affair was exposed and she left this "home" with a man she didn't know.

The incident caused a big stir at the time, and almost everyone in the village knew about it... What happened to their family was a stain on the entire village.

But even so, the girl's parents did not divorce... because neither of them wanted to raise the girl, they both wanted to get rid of the girl and live the life they wanted.

It can be said that from that time on...her parents began to curse her.

Because of these things, she was bullied at school...even the teacher looked at her with a look that said "why don't you just die?"

The only thing that sustains her in such a life and serves as her spiritual support is this old-fashioned game console, which was a gift from her parents with "blessings" before everything happened.

But now, even this thing is——

She clutched the plastic bag tightly and walked aimlessly. She had no destination in mind. She just wanted to get farther and farther away from that suffocating place...

She didn't know how long she had been walking, and she didn't even notice that it was dark.

After walking for so long... and going around in circles, finally, I returned to the village.

'It must be ridiculous'

The girl thought so, her lips pursed and pale.

Although no one would notice her at this time, her parents would definitely not come looking for her.

But, in this dark night...she could always feel the gaze that was filled with disgust towards her as always.

I'm really hungry... If I don't go back now, that man will definitely...

The dull pain in my forearm started again.

As she was worried, she bumped into something. Although it was a bit elastic... it was not much softer than the wall.

She fell straight down and felt a momentary pain in her palm, but only for a moment.

"ah!"

As I fell, I heard a scream and the figure that appeared in my sight quickly moved away.

"..."

That's indeed the case.

"It's over, it's over." The figure in her field of vision suddenly came closer, muttering something. She reflexively shrank her neck.

"Um...are you okay?"

In between the caring words, a warm hand touched her arm.

What a coincidence, it happened to be on the left forearm.

The girl gasped, her face showing pain.

"!"

Li Mengyu quickly let go, and in a panic, crumpled up the piece of paper with the address on it and stuffed it into her pocket.

"I...I shouldn't have used that much force..."

There were broken pieces of the game console on her arm and the palm of her other hand. If Li Mengyu's face was a cartoon, there would be large drops of sweat all over her face.

"I only learned CPR in first aid."

He was still mumbling incomprehensible words, and his hands kept making circles and triangles in the air, but there was no real movement.

But the girl reacted much faster than him, and she got up by herself without Li Mengyu's help.

Even though the bleeding hand was stained with mud, he remained calm.

(It doesn’t really hurt)

Her movements were a little hurried, and her eyes were always avoiding Li Mengyu in front of her. She even ignored the wreckage of the game console and just left.

Although Li Mengyu really wanted to move out of the way, but... looking at this girl, he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

As if some special force was interfering, his hand was directly placed on the shoulder of the girl who wanted to leave.

"Wait a moment!"

Both of their bodies were a little stiff, and although the screen did not press the pause button, it still fell into an eerie silence.

"I fell down by myself and it has nothing to do with you. I just got a little skin broken. The game console was broken from the beginning. It wasn't you who broke it. I screamed because I had a wound on my arm!"

The speed of speech was so fast that Li Mengyu felt that she would have no problem speaking in a running script.

Even though she explained it very clearly, Li Mengyu did not let go of her hand immediately.

After a long breath, Li Mengyu finally spoke.

He took out the crumpled piece of paper from his pocket again.

Note: You might as well just throw me away.

"I need your help! I'm lost! Please tell me how to get to the address on the piece of paper!"

"Quack quack..."

A flock of crows flew across the sky for no apparent reason.

Chapter 3 You are such a cruel kid

In the rather spacious rental house, the lights in almost all rooms were turned on.

But the only room that was occupied was the living room.

I don't know what's wrong with the light bulb here. It flickers and dims.

Li Mengyu's Adam's apple moved, and she pushed a glass of ice cola in front of the girl, her eyes moving around the room.

Ah~ I thought even if I found the address, there would be no key to enter the house, but I didn’t expect it to be directly inserted into the door or something…

A feeling of conspiracy lingered in his mind.

This house was an exact replica of the house he had lived in before he traveled through time, even the light in the living room had an abnormal circuit.

Is it possible that this is the house where he used to live?

After all, making people travel through time is possible, it’s just a matter of moving house.

It’s just... it’s as if there is an invisible hand driving everything, and Li Mengyu hates this feeling.

"No matter how many times I come here, I can never get used to this feeling."

He scratched his hair and looked to the side where the girl was just holding the glass tightly and staring at the drink blankly.

Although his own problems were enough to give him a headache, but——

"I'll go see if there's any medicine for abrasions," Li Mengyu stood up. "I remember I prepared some... um, where did I put it?"

After Li Mengyu left the living room, the girl slowly raised her head and put down the glass that she was holding tightly.

She just kept staring at the drink in the glass, and she couldn't help swallowing as the bubbles rolled around.

"Just drink it if you want. I have a lot of it in the fridge, and it's very cheap."

Li Mengyu, who was holding a bottle of pink "suspicious" potion in her hand, happened to see this scene.

The sound seemed to scare the girl. She stood up from the soft sofa cushion, with two blushes on her cheeks.

There was the embarrassment of having one's inner thoughts discovered, the inferiority complex towards oneself...there was a mess of negative emotions mixed in one's chest.

But when she went to look at Li Mengyu again, Li Mengyu had disappeared at the door.

From a distance, you can hear a few people mumbling "Where's my cotton swab?"

She was just thinking too much...the owner of the house had never paid attention to her.

Somehow, the glass came to her lips and she took a small sip.

It's very icy and sweet, and the bubbly taste is quite amazing.

She hadn't had anything other than water in a long time.

Li Mengyu, who was holding a bottle of medicine and a cotton swab, happened to see the girl's intoxicated expression that she couldn't help but reveal at the door.

"It's just a normal soda, kid..."

Gently shake the medicine bottle, and the water and sediment that had separated due to being left standing for too long will be mixed together again.

The gentle shaking sound also woke the girl from her momentary distraction, and she quickly put down the glass in her hand.

"Don't be so reserved. I should thank you very much for being willing to lead the way for me. It's just a glass of soda. If you like, I can give you a few more."

The tone was as gentle as possible.

"But before that, how about you take a look at the wound on your hand?"

After opening the bottle of medicine and placing it on the table, Li Mengyu held the girl's somewhat cold little hand.

Use clean water to wash away the blood stains remaining on the delicate white hands. There are no wounds on the hands, at least not visible to the naked eye.

"that……"

The girl anxiously wanted to explain something.

Li Mengyu spoke before her.

"Ah~ It seems it's not as serious as I thought."

With a smile on his face, he dipped a cotton swab in the medicine and applied it to the girl's palm.

"When I was a kid, something like this happened to me. I was holding an adult's wine bottle to watch fireworks, and suddenly I found my hands were covered in blood. My aunt was shocked at the time, but after cleaning, she found no wounds. My aunt thought I was deliberately making fun of her, and I got scolded."

Li Mengyu shook her head and decided not to mention the feather duster after the scolding.

"Later I found out that it was just that the wound was too small...either it was invisible or it had healed in just a few minutes. But the necessary disinfection work still needed to be done - Okay, there should be no problem now."

He let go of the girl's hand, but had no intention of stopping there and rolled up the sleeve of the girl's other hand.

"no, do not want……"

The girl was a step too slow to stop him.

And when Li Mengyu saw the large black bruises on that arm.

A crisp shattering sound rang out in the room, and the living room fell into darkness.

In fact, it was not completely dark, the lights in other rooms were still on.

But in the girl's eyes, at that moment, everything was indeed dark.

"Tsk, if I had known I would have changed the light bulb first. Ah... I had already bought the light bulb, but I didn't change it because I was too lazy."

From the compartment of the shoe cabinet in the living room, Li Mengyu took out a new light bulb wrapped in torn newspaper.

Soon the light returned to the living room.